St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-12-01
VERMONT NEWS.
Sale of the Rutland Railroad.


RumOr has it, and there seems to be
good foundation for the rumOr, that
the Rutland railroad, which runs from
Bellows Falls to Burlington, distance
of 100 miles, and the Addison branch
from TiconderOga to Leicester juno
ton on the main line, Is miles long,
have been sold to the Delaware &
Hudson railroad company. The Della
ware & Hudson profits by securing
control of the Rutland railroad in two
ways. In the first place, this control
gives the Delaware 81 Hudson all the
north and south business, and enables
it to place coal at favorable rates in all
the northern territory, and to reach
New England points east of Bellows
Falls, including points on the Boston
& Lowell and Concord railroads. This
opens large New England territory
especially for the Delaware and Hud-
sou company and makes it more
powerful and influential road than
ever before. In the second place, the
control of the Rutland railroad ends
the Vermont Central competition for
the New York passenger traffic through
to Montreal, as 100 miles of it's railroad
is taken right out of the middle of the
system. The Central Vermont is OPP
Grating the road at present under a
lease extending to 1890.
swanton's Mystery Explained.
The mystery i'm relation to the disap-
pearance of Jack Zero was explained
Wednesday, the Odd, when JerO's dead
body was found. The unfortunate
mans eyes had been eaten out by rats,
there is a big hole in the neck and one
in the head. The spot where Zero
was found is lonely place few rods
from the Maquam beach where the
body of the German murdered by
Meyer was discovered about two years
ago. An inquest over the body decid
es that he met his end from being very
drunk and being left in the snow by
his drunken companions. No blame
is attached to them excepting that they
neglected to go back after him.
Death OF Lyman G. HinckIey.
EXIT. Gov. L. G.. Hinckley of Chel-
sea, died at the home of his sister i'm
Boston, where he had gone to visit,
Saturday evening, at the age of SIS.
His sickness was only for a day, and
his death unexpected. He was lieu
tenant governor of Vermont i'm 1874,
clan for many years. He was a man
of brilliant parts, but like many other
bright men, was his own worst enemy.
Iron Mines I'm Vermont.
Considerable interest is being shown
in a promising development of valua-
BILE iron and manganese mines in South
WallingfOrd. The firm of Lyons g.
Bradley have i'm the past few months
been mining there and now reach
depth of about 600 feet from the en-
trance, finding the most extensive de-
post ever found in this section. From
SO to 100 tons per week are being ship
ped, and it bids fair to be paying in
dustry.
Edward <. Putnam, u Jacksonville,
manufacturer, was instantly killed by
the falling of limb in the woods last
week. He leaves widow and three
children.
While Frank Campbell, the son of
Humphrey Campbell of Montpelier, IA
years old, was hunting on the Berlin
side with other boys, his gun burst
and tore open the fiesIy part of his
thumb, infiicting an ugly and serious
wound.
LangdOn and Judkins of Norwich
University had a narrow escape from
suffocation by coal gas the other night,
their condition being discovered just
in season to save their lives.
Lewis White, farmer, was run over
by dray of wood Wednesday, the
several ribs were broken and other
injuries inflicted. He is in a critical
condition.
DIR. Middleton Goldsmith, the emf
nent physician, surgeon and author,
died at Rutland, Sunday afternoon,
aged 20. He has been president and
professor of several leading medical |
colleges. During the war he was med
lcal director of the department. of the
Southwest. His wife died week be- !
fore.
The Hon. Stephen w. Dorsey, ma :